/*******************************************************************************
 * The MOSES project, model based software engineering of networked embedded systems.
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2010-2013, University of Applied Sciences Wildau,
 * Telematics Research Group, http://www.tm.th-wildau.de/research-group
 * 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the
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 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * 
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 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     University of Applied Sciences Wildau - initial API and implementation
 * 
 * If you are interested in a commercial license please contact us via 
 * e-mail: ralf.vandenhouten@th-wildau.de.
 ******************************************************************************/
package de.thwildau.tm.moses.sdk.labeling;

import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StyledString;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image;
import org.eclipse.xtext.ui.label.AbstractLabelProvider;
 

/**
 * A delegator class for LabelProvider. This interface specifies the methods {@link #doGetImage(Object)} and
 * {@link #doGetText(Object)} which are also defined in the class {@link org.eclipse.xtext.ui.label.AbstractLabelProvider}.
 * This class allows delegate calls for inherited classes of <code>AbstractLabelProvider</code>.
 *
 * @author Thomas Kistel
 * @version $Revision: 760 $
 *
 */
public interface ILabelProviderDelegator {

    /**
     * Returns the text for the <code>AbstractLabelProvider</code>.
     * 
     * @return a {@link StyledString} or a a {@link String}.
     */
    public Object doGetText(Object element);
    
    /**
     * Returns the image for the <code>AbstractLabelProvider</code>.
     * 
     * @return a {@link String}, an {@link ImageDescriptor} or an {@link Image} passed to
     *         {@link AbstractLabelProvider#convertToImage(Object)} to determine the actual {@link Image}.
     */
    public Object doGetImage(Object element);
}
